Tsunamis suck. There is a nice girl from who's been living in this town teaching English for the last couple of months. She went to Thailand for a week. She left on Friday. We've tried to get in contact with her but failed so far. I hope she's ok.
The island I happily spent a month on last year has probably been mostly wiped out. It was on the west coast, and I think its totally unprotected from the open sea. The people who work there rock. It is a very quiet, isolated place. No electricity, about three phone lines, no internet. Very quiet and peaceful. Until Sunday anyway I expect. it's depressing to think that the wonderful people who worked and lived there have probably lost their livelihood at best, or are dead. I had a friend with a house there too. I hope she wasn't there this week, though there is a good chance she was. It was probably about 3 metres above sealevel. Not good.
The island I happily spent a month on last year has probably been mostly wiped out. It was on the west coast, and I think its totally unprotected from the open sea. The people who work there rock. It is a very quiet, isolated place. No electricity, about three phone lines, no internet. Very quiet and peaceful. Until Sunday anyway I expect. it's depressing to think that the wonderful people who worked and lived there have probably lost their livelihood at best, or are dead. I had a friend with a house there too. I hope she wasn't there this week, though there is a good chance she was. It was probably about 3 metres above sealevel. Not good.
AS for New Years'? No idea what i'm doing. Probably hangingout with the same crew i spent Christmas with.